Rapid and Automatic Reachability Estimation of Electric Propulsion Spacecraft

Abstract

Reachable and controllable sets for electric propulsion spacecraft are important to many problems including: dynamic replanning, robust mission design, space situational awareness, assessing advanced concepts, and threat assessments. Current methods result in a two point boundary value problem or are limited in their application. The reachable and controllable problem is solved using an multistage indirect approach. The paper demonstrates our formulation enables rapid, reliable, and autonomous estimates of the reachable and controllable sets. Numerical examples show that the algorithms work in strong multibody environments (i.e., flybys) and incorporates uncertainty in initial conditions. These conditions make the algorithm suitable for space situational awareness and cislunar applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1213823

Entities

People

  • Daniel J. Scheeres
  • Prashant R. Patel

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Automatic
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Electronic Mail
  • Equations
  • Orbits
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Sciences
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Spacecraft
  • Threat Evaluation
  • Trajectories
  • Uncertainty
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers